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Pangaea means "whole Earth" pan means "whole" and geae Means "Earth"

comment. The above is TRUE for the meaning, and indeed why it was chosen.

It is the name given to the (latest in a series of) super continent including all the (mainly continental) landmass of the earth. After the Triassic period it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland, and subsequently various tectonic plates have further separated.

e.g. The Indian Plate used to lie alongside Madagascar, but split off and is still moving into the Asian Plate.

It's Greek for "whole earth".

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